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Savvy, veteran defender and team leader who will serve as a captain for the 2014 Seahawks squad for the second consecutive season along with Caitlin Daly and Michela Galante … Earned Second-Team All-NEC honors as a sophomore in 2012 … Has played in 46 games during her productive and durable career.
 
2013: Started all 17 games on defense for the Seahawks … Collected 20 groundballs, caused 12 turnovers and snatched five draw controls … Recorded season-high of three ground balls vs. Mount St. Mary’s (3/22) and Sacred Heart (4/5) … Caused season-high three turnovers vs. Manhattan (2/22) … Has two caused turnovers vs. Howard (3/7) and Robert Morris (3/30).

2012: Saw action in 16 of the Seahawks' 17 games … Aggressiveness and athleticism resulted in 23 caused turnovers which ranked No. 1 on the team,  tied for fifth in the NEC, and 38^th in the nation … Gathered 29 groundballs on the year, tops among all Seahawk returners … Corralled a season-high four groundballs on two occasions, vs. Howard (3/13) and Monmouth (4/13) … Snatched 12 draw controls.
 
2011: Saw action in 13 games on the season … Credited with six caused turnovers.
 
Personal/Bio: An all-around athlete who earned 12 varsity letters while earning All-Olympic Conference honors in soccer, basketball and lacrosse … As a senior, she was named First Team All-Olympic Conference in lacrosse following a junior season that saw her score 108 points, which ranked 18^th in New Jersey for the season … Competed as a midfielder/defender for the South Jersey Select Club Team … An honor roll student who took AP Honor Classes in both English and History … Daughter of Lexley and Steve Bender … Has one sister, Hannah.